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Passion/Palm Sunday, March 29Remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem to confront the power of sin and death.
10:30 a.m. Worship

In keeping with tradition, there will be a palm procession, special music, and the dedication of our One Great Hour of Sharing offering.

Youth will be confirmed. Children will share in a special activity.

Maundy Thursday, April 2Remembering the Last Supper

“Maundy Thursday” gets its name from Jesus’ “new commandment” (mandatum in Latin) to love one another as He has loved us.

6:30 p.m.
Family teaching supper about communion. Gathering for all families with conversation about the sacrament. Then they may remain for:

7:30 p.m.
A brief service with celebration of the Lord’s Supper — on the night we remember Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. Communion is served around the communion table.

Good Friday, April 3
The Day of Jesus’ Crucifixion
It is “good” Friday because, despite appearances, it is God’s Friday.

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

A vigil of prayer, readings, and extinguishing of candles in the darkened sanctuary, as we reflect on the meaning of Jesus’ crucifixion, of our lives, and our world.

Easter Sunday, April 5
The Day of Resurrection

9:00 a.m.
With cries of “He is risen!” we greet one another at our annual Easter Breakfast. Coordinated by Mark and Cheryl Wells.

10:30 a.m. ALLELUIA!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Worship will celebrate the heart of the Good News, with jubilant music. This is the love that overcomes death!

No Sunday School – worship will be for the whole family. There will be child care for infants and toddlers only.

Deacon’s Corner
The new Board of Deacons met for the first time on Feb 4th. Kathleen Stegall was elected Moderator and Caitlin Rivet will continue as Coordinator.. The new deacons are Colette Greco (returning for a 2nd term), Linda McCusker and Jackulin David. Please see the attached list for the offices. The new board has been active already … making sure that the members of our congregation have been safe during these horrible winter storms.

“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink.”
Matthew 25:38

One Great Hour of Sharing offering for the Presbyterian Church, USA goes to support water and hunger projects, disaster relief and empowerment programs. Thanks to our gifts, people affected by disaster are helped to rebuild their lives and their communities. The ministries of the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Self-Development of People help individuals and communities to battle hunger, disease, unemployment and environmental problems.

The One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be received on Palm Sunday. Our offering for
2014 was $1879.00. We would like to do better this year. The need is great both here in the United States and throughout the world. It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Is It Spring Yet?

Are you sick of the cold and the snow? Here comes Farmer Dave to rescue us!

It has been a really tough Winter, so far. We have 90+ inches of snow on the ground. It will all eventually melt. While we are waiting, Farmer Dave will begin to give us a little taste of Spring, starting March 2. Farmer Dave has been working hard getting veggies ready for us. Look at that beautiful baby elegance mix. Soon you will be eating it! Pick-up times for spring are 4-6:30 pm. If you have not signed up yet, hurry! You don’t want to miss out on the tender baby vegetables that will soon be here. It’s not too late. For more information, see Jane or Amanda.

The event will feature wine tasting, gourmet appetizers, live auctions and silent auctions. Auctioneer is Steve DiOrio (from Billerica). Only 200 tickets will be sold. Tickets can be purchased at Spencer Cleaners, 271 Cambridge St. and 240 Middlesex Turnpike; at A Whole Bunch of Flowers, 326 Cambridge St.; or by contacting Linda Roscoe, 781-273-2083.

The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra

The most popular and sought after big band in the world today for both concert and swing dance engagements, you will certainly recognize memorable hits of the Glenn Miller Orchestra including, “In the Mood,” “Moonlight Serenade,” and “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.”

Co-sponsored by Burlington Public Schools and the Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce, this is a concert for the entire family with no worries of lyrics that will make anyone uncomfortable.

This is music that has spanned the generations for generations and stands the test of time!

Tickets are now available for the Glenn Miller Orchestra and can be purchased online at BurlingtonTheatre.com, by phone at 781-A-FUN-TIC or at the door. Ticket prices are $20 for senior citizens and students, $25 for adults. All seats are reserved.

The Fogelberg Performing Arts Center, an accessible venue, is located at Burlington High School, 123 Cambridge Street, Burlington.

As we anticipate the varied colors and whirling winds of autumn, here are a few notes of summer news and fall expectations:

Our thoughts and prayers are with Linda, our wonderful secretary. At this writing she is awaiting word from possible bone marrow donors. Mary Lou has been faithfully filling in with essential office needs, and Susan has helped prepare
Crossroads.

An exciting and soul-refreshing one-day retreat, Walking Humbly With Our God, is planned for Saturday, September 29. See the article in this Crossroads

Window-installers are at this moment putting in long-awaited new windows for the sanctuary, atrium and offices. The Capital Reserve Fund and a special donation are making this possible

Many thanks to the volunteers who kept our worship lively during summer, and provided regular children’s activities through “Summer Celebrations.”

Likewise, to our Farmer Dave volunteers while Jane visited in Denmark – Mary Lou, Kathleen, Peggy, Judy; and those who delivered the leftover produce to the pantry and senior center – Joseph, Joan and Linda.

And to Hospitality members, especially Sally, for one of the best-attended and exuberant church picnics ever!

Movie fans enjoyed 5 features as part of our Friday Night at the Movies series, looking for the presence of grace in a variety of thoughtful and entertaining films

Despite the early summer heat, a crowd of close to 60 (many from outside our church family) responded enthusiastically to Celtic harpist Patrick Ball in late June

This is just a smattering of what’s been happening, and what is on the way. Please note the
additional news on the front page and calendar of this Crossroads, and join in for the start of
a new season.

By the way – please keep your offerings up-to-date and consider an extra gift. Our
stewardship has fallen behind a little more than usual over this summer.

Burlington, MA, April 13, 2011 – Burlington Presbyterian Church and Farmer Dave’s, a sustainable farm in Dracut, MA, continue to bring locally-grown, fresh fruits and vegetables to the town of Burlington with a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. In the CSA program, consumers become shareholders of the farm for the season by paying for their share of the harvest upfront, and in return will receive a share of freshly-harvested produce for 20 weeks from mid-June through late October. Shares will be conveniently boxed and ready for pick-up on Monday afternoons from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Burlington Presbyterian Church. Payment plans are available.

Every week, from mid June through October, CSA members will receive a share of fresh vegetables grown exclusively at Farmer Dave’s fields in Dracut and Tewksbury, available in small, regular, and “super-family” sizes to suit the produce needs of individuals to large families, vegetarians and omnivores. Every share includes generous portions of the season’s bounty, each in its due time, including summer favorites such as tomatoes and corn, cooking staples like onions, carrots and potatoes, as well as chefs’ picks like chard, beets, and other novelties to experiment with throughout the season. Farmer Dave employs sustainable farming methods to ensure products that are healthy, nutritious, tasty and responsibly grown.

The CSA also offers a fruit share featuring strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, melons, peaches and apples. The fruit is perfect for breakfast, a snack on-the-go, or a healthy dessert. Businesses will often purchase a fruit or vegetable share to split amongst the employees in the office or subsidize shares as a Health and Wellness benefit.

In an effort to relieve hunger in the Burlington area, Burlington Presbyterian Church and Farmer Dave’s will donate surplus produce to the Burlington Community Food Pantry each week. In addition, Farmer Dave partners with Groundwork Lawrence to make CSA shares more accessible by accepting flexible payment plans, subsidizing the cost of shares for those needing financial assistance and accepting SNAP (EBT/Food Stamp) payments for CSA shares. These efforts are funded through donations to the Groundwork Share-a-Share program(tm) from CSA members, individuals, businesses, or non-profit organizations. Farmer Dave’s donates hundreds of pounds of produce to hunger relief organizations in the greater Lowell/Boston area every year.

For more information about 2011 CSA membership including pricing, payment plans, and more, contact Farmer Dave’s at (978) 349-1952 or visit http://www.farmerdaves.net to register. For more information about the Groundwork Share-A-Share Program(tm), or to make a donation, visit http://www.groundworklawrence.org/shareashare or contact Anna Rickards at (978) 974-0770.

Farmer Dave’s (http://www.farmerdaves.net) is based in Dracut, MA. Farmer Dave Dumaresq grew up working on farms in Dracut. Through the Peace Corps and other agencies he has helped farmers in Ecuador, and other Latin American countries become more sustainable. In 1997 he returned to Dracut to farm. In 2006 Farmer Dave purchased and helped to preserve a 30 acre farm in Dracut that will remain as productive farmland for future generations. Farmer Dave is committed to growing high-quality, healthy food that is good for the people who eat it, the workers who tend it, and land that provides it, year after year. In addition to serving the Burlington community, Farmer Dave’s offers CSA shares in Dracut, Tewksbury, Lawrence, Somerville, Gloucester, Beverly, Jamaica Plain, Malden, and Boston.

Burlington Presbyterian Church is located at 335 Cambridge Street in Burlington. In addition to partnering with Farmer Dave’s to offer CSA Shares, Burlington Presbyterian Church demonstrates a commitment to social justice by preparing and serving monthly dinners at the Dwelling Place in Woburn, regularly participating with the Burlington Community Food Pantry and People Helping People, and a yearly housing mission trip. Burlington Presbyterian Church uses fair-trade coffee for its weekly coffee hours through the Presbyterian Coffee Project, and uses environmentally-friendly alternatives to Styrofoam. Burlington Presbyterian also makes its parking lot available to weekly commuters as a park-and-ride location.

Candy McLaughlin, Rob Greco, Anne Denier (our wonderful cook) and Rod MacDonald joined 24 other folks from 4 other congregations – including from the UCC church in Vermont now pastored by Judi Horgan (former BPC member) – as a very diverse team doing housing rehab for Mission at the Eastward, July 25-30. It was a very positive and rewarding week, and the team thanks all the BPC members who contributed kitchen supplies and funds for our effort!

CSA, too!

Our Community Supported Agriculture program climbed to 75 members during summer. Farmer Dave’s farmshares pickups continue on Monday afternoons.

Fellowship Hall Make-over

As you may have noticed, there have been big changes to our Fellowship Hall and hallway. Thanks to a very generous donation from the Nurturing Nest Preschool, we were able to provide new window treatments, paint and stain to update the look of our wonderful gathering place.

We hope that, if you haven’t already, you will soon have a chance to enjoy our new Heaven on Earth (that’s the actual name of the paint color!).

Stewardship

In I Corinthians 12:12-27, Paul compares the church to the human body. Each part of the body has its own special function and each is important to the entire body.

In our mobile society, church members come and go with great frequency. This often creates a gap which needs to be filled. As we approach the time for the annual stewardship campaign, please take time to consider what role you are being called to play. Can you be a church school teacher, a deacon, an elder, or a worship assistant? Do your talents include making needed repairs or in landscaping? Are you being called to increase your pledge to help with the budget deficit? Just as every part of the body must do its job if the body is to be healthy and able to function, so each member of the congregation needs to be involved if the church is to remain healthy and viable here in Burlington.

Beth Denier

Peacemaking Offering

The Peacemaking Offering is the last of the four church-wide special offerings. This offering was created by the General Assembly thirty years ago to support the work of peace at all levels of the Presbyterian Church, USA. Half of the offering is shared by congregations, presbyteries, and synods. The remainder helps the national church develop resources, events, and programs to assist the church in responding to Christ’s call to be peacemakers.

In recent years, our share of the offering has been used to help provide scholarships to local high school students who have best demonstrated peacemaking during their high school years. In 2010, two scholarships were awarded to Brinda Patel and Adrianna Merrill.

The Peacemaking Offering will be received on October 3, World Communion Sunday. More information will be available through bulletin inserts during September. Please support this special offering and, most of all, be peacemakers in our troubled world.

Yard/Garage Sale

Yes, there will be a yard sale but the venue will be a little different. It will be held September 18, at 13 Lido Lane in Bedford. So bag up and box up that great stuff you just can’t use or don’t have room for and get it to the Brunner’s. The proceeds will go toward paying off the organ. 10% will go to our mission fund.

Obviously I will need help. I will need people to bring tables from the church and people to put items out and to help with pricing etc.

The same rules as a yard sale at Church will apply.

 All items should be clean.
 If an item is not working it needs to be noted with what the problem is.
 No exercise equipment.
 No clothing.
 Text books must have been published within the last 5 years.

Look for a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board.

Arts and Crafts Fair

There will be an Arts and Craft Fair at our church, October 23. We are in the process of getting crafters who would like to display and sell their art. We need people to help set up and take down tables and set up for Sunday school. Most everything in Fellowship Hall will have to be moved out. Set up will take place on Friday afternoon and early evening.

This fund raiser is being coordinated by Jane McIninch and Judy Brunner. The proceeds will go to the general fund, 10% will go into our mission fund.

Just a reminder that if you’ve signed up for a share of locally-grown, sustainable produce from Farm Dave, the first pick-up date is TODAY, June 14th, from 3:30 to 6:30 at Burlington Presbyterian Church (335 Cambridge Street in Burlington, MA). We’ll be having a bit of a festive day today to celebrate! Can’t wait to see you there!

Burlington Presbyterian Church and Farmer Dave’s, a sustainable farm in Dracut, MA, have teamed up the first time to bring locally-grown, freshfruits and vegetables to the town of Burlington with a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. In the CSA program, consumers become shareholders of the farm for the season the season by paying for their share of the harvest upfront, and in return will receive a share of freshly-harvested produce for 20 weeks from mid-June through late October. Shares will be conveniently boxed and ready for pick-up on Monday afternoons from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Burlington Presbyterian Church. Payment plans are available.

Every week, from mid June through October, CSA members will receive a share of fresh vegetables grown exclusively at Farmer Dave’s fields in Dracut and Tewksbury, available in small, regular, and “super-family” sizes to suit the produce needs of individuals to large families, vegetarians and omnivores. Every share includes generous portions of the season’s bounty, each in its due time, including summer favorites such as tomatoes and corn, cooking staples like onions, carrots and potatoes, as well as chefs’ picks like chard, beets, and other novelties to experiment with throughout the season.

Farmer Dave employs sustainable farming methods to ensure products that are healthy, nutritious, tasty and responsibly grown.The CSA also offers a fruit share featuring strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, melons, peaches and apples. The fruit is perfect for breakfast, a snack on-the-go, or a healthy dessert. Businesses will often purchase a fruit or vegetable share to split amongst the employees in the office or subsidize shares as a Health and Wellness benefit.

In an effort to relieve hunger in the Burlington area, Burlington Presbyterian Church and FarmerDave’s will donate surplus produce to the Burlington Community Food Pantry each week. In addition, CSA members will have the option of donating funds towards the purchase of sharesfor the food pantry. Farmer Dave’s donates hundreds of pounds of produce to hunger relief organizations in the greater Lowell/Boston area every year. For more information about 2010 CSA membership including pricing, payment plans, and more,contact Farmer Dave’s at (978) 349-1952 or visit http://www.farmerdaves.net to register.

Farmer Dave’s (http://www.farmerdaves.net) is based in Dracut, MA. Farmer Dave Dumares grew up working on farms in Dracut. Through the Peace Corps and other agencies he has helped farmers in Ecuador, and other Latin American countries become more sustainable. In 1997 he returned to Dracut to farm. In 2006 Farmer Dave purchased and helped to preserve a 30 acre farm in Dracut that will remain as productive farmland for future generations. Farmer Dave is committed to growing high-quality, healthy food that is good for the people who eat it, the workers who tend it, and land that provides it, year after year. In addition to serving the Burlington community, Farmer Dave’s offers CSA shares in Dracut, Tewksbury, Lawrence, Somerville, Gloucester, Beverly, Jamaica Plain and Boston.

Burlington Presbyterian Church is located at 335 Cambridge Street in Burlington. In addition to partnering with Farmer Dave’s to offer CSA Shares, Burlington Presbyterian Church demonstrates a commitment to social justice by preparing and serving monthly dinners at the Dwelling Place in Woburn, regularly participating with the Burlington Community Food Pantry and People Helping People, and a yearly housing mission trip. Burlington Presbyterian Church uses fair-trade coffee for its weekly coffee hours through the Presbyterian Coffee Project, and uses environmentally-friendly alternatives to Styrofoam. Burlington Presbyterian also makes its parking lot available to weekly commuters as a park-and-ride location.

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